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Patent GB-190809818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fountain Pen Nibs.
Inventor: CAMERON DUNCAN
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 9818. Cameron, D. May 6. Pens, reservoir.-In a fountain-pen nib, means are provided for securing flexibility of the nib and continuity of flow of the ink. A short bottom feed-bar d and a flexible top feed-bar e, preferably similar to that described in Specification No. 8313, A.D. 1907, are fitted, and at the rear of the ordinary slit a<1> and pierce-hole b in the nib a are formed one or more independent apertures c. through which the ink is fed to, the top bar e and thence to the nib point. To secure the top bar e to the nib a, tongues e<1> at the rear may engage the edges of or slots or side recesses in the nib, and in addition a tongue e<2> on the top bar e may pass through the pierce-hole b or a cross-slit at the head of the slit a' when the hole b is absent or through a special separate piercing, and may then be clenched underneath. The region a<3> between the holes b, c may be recessed to assist the flow of ink. According to the Provisional Specification, only one tongue e<1> and corresponding slit are employed.
Patent GB-190819790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Braiding and Plaiting Machines.
Inventor: SCHMIDT FRIEDRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 19,790. Schmidt, F. A. Sept. 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Braiding-machines. -The bobbins in travelling around disks a, b, which are grouped in fours, Fig. 3, revolve on the pitch circles of the respective driving-wheels and are controlled by central doubleacting switches e, Fig. 8, placed below the bobbin carriers. By thus allowing the lower plates o to overlap the central bushings n a compact machine is obtained. One of the bobbin-carrier plates may be dispensed with, Fig. 7, the remaining plate m being guided in a groove l between double guideplates a, a', b, b<1>. Fixed centre plates may be substituted for the switches e.
Patent GB-190820835-A (GB)
Inventor: SHUTT GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 20,835. Shutt, G. Oct. 3. Glass-houses etc.; windows.-Lights for glasshouses, plant-frames, &c. are constructed of two parts hinged together at A, the upper light being detachably hinged at B to the frame, and the bottom rail of the lower light being bevelled at C to engage notches in the side members D of the frame, so that the light can be opened to any angle. The upper light is thicker than the lower, and has its bottom rail rabbeted to receive the lower light. Handles E are provided for the purpose of operating the light.
Patent GB-190823255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cots for use on Board Ship.
Inventor: TERREY CHARLES ANDREW
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 23,255. Terrey, C. A., and Warren, W. H. Oct. 31. Bedsteads and cots.-In a cot, for use on board ship, having two arcs of suspension at right-angles, the cot hangs from longitudinally-arranged pivots, which are carried in an underframe mounted on transverse pivots and rendered stable by a depending weight. An upper frame a carrying a mattress is pivoted by rods b, c, b to brackets e projecting upwards from an underframe f, which comprises a casting g mounted on pivots h in pedestals i and having a depending weight j. A weight k, capable of being moved longitudinally, is also provide i. The upper frame a can be secured to the underframe b, to facilitate getting in or out, by means of a lever p<2>, which operates a rock-shaft p to bring one of the forks p<1> on the shaft into engagement with the rod c at the head of the cot. The underframe &c. are enclosed in a casing q.
Patent GB-190823993-A (GB)
Title: Fruit Picking Device
Inventor: BAIRD GEORGE STEELE
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 23,993. Baird, G. S. Nov. 9. Cords, adjusting length of; holders for cords.- A cord for operating a fruit-picking appliance is wound on a bobbin &c. which is provided with means for holding the cord tight after the required length has been unwound. The holder comprises a twisted wire 11 around which the cord is passed. The bobbin is provided with a handle 12.
Patent GB-190903777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: THOMAS ARTHUR ERNEST
IPC: A24F1/00
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 3777. Thomas, A. E., and Sides, P. Feb. 16. Tobacco pipes.-In a tobacco pipe in which the bowl is in two parts, and a perforated diaphragm divides the bowl into two compartments, the diaphragm f, Fig. 1, is provided with an imperforate dome f<2> into which one end of a tube e projects. The tube passes through cotton-wool, sponge, &c. to the large bore of the stem c, a cork d being provided to close the bore. The stem may be separate from the bowl, as shown in Fig. 4, and attached thereto by means of the tube c which screws into the stem and also into the bowl; in this case the cork is dispensed with.
Patent GB-190906575-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Strengthening the Instep of Heavy Boot Soles of the kind Worn by Miners, Navvies, Sportsmen and the like.
IPC: A43B23/22
Filed: 1909-03-19
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 6575. English, W. E., Mills, C. H., Mills, English, & Co., and King, T. Scott-. March 19. Stiffeners.-The mid-sole of a boot for miners, sportsmen, &c. is provided with pairs of metal strips near both edges, arranged on either side. Fig. 1 shows a plan, and Fig. 2 an elevation, of a continuous mid-sole so strengthened. The strips E may extend between the parts X, Y, or entirely around the mid-sole B as indicated. When the mid-sole terminates at the commencement of the shank, the plates embrace the rear end of the sole, and where they extend over the shank are secured together without intervening material. The plates and mid-sole are pierced with coincident holes, through which pass hollow rivets F, which are clenched on to the strips. The strips may be countersunk, to take the ends of the rivets, by a special punch or otherwise. The sole-securing nails may pass through the hollow rivets.
Patent GB-190908514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drilling Machines.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
IPC: B23Q1/70
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 8514. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. April 8. Drilling.-In order to give an extended end adjustment to the spindles of drilling-machines having a single bearing at the outer end of the spindle feed sleeve which also takes the thrust in both directions, the spindle is axially adjustable and fixed at various points in the bearing. Tn the form shown in Fig. 1, screw plugs F engage notches G in the spindle, and a ball bearing similar to that described in Specification 6187/07 is also used at the end of the feed sleeve A. As shown in Fig. 2, a plain bearing D is used to take the thrust in both directions, carrying at its upper end a stop J and rotating on a collar H fixed to the feed sleeve. The screw plug may be replaced by a spring plunger, around which is arranged a sliding collar or ring which may be raised to allow the plunger to be withdrawn. The spindle bearing may be in the feed sleeve, the part D then being used merely to take the thrust. Other types of ball bearings or roller bearings may be used.
Patent GB-190910944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Boilers and Economisers.
Inventor: NICOLSON JOHN THOMAS
IPC: F22B21/04
Filed: 1909-05-08
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 10,944. Nicolson, J. T. May 8. Feed-water, heating.- A boiler or feed-heater of the kind in which the water and hot gases are forced by means of a pump or fan to flow at high speeds in countercurrents consists of upper and lower divided drums a, b with an intervening flue packed with smallbore water - tubes connecting the drums. The sides of the flue are formed by plates e, f, w h i c h are fitted with doors to afford access to the tubes. The water is fed to the end compartment of the lower drum and passes in a circuitous course up the tubes through t h e compartments d in the upper drum and down external pipes h.
Patent GB-190911549-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Device for Milling Curved Printing Plates.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B41B5/08
Filed: 1909-05-15
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 11,549. Lake, W. E., [Vogtlõndische Maschinen-fabrik (vorm. J. C. & H. Dietrich) Akt.- Ges.]. May 15. Printing-surfaces. -In apparatus for trimming curved stereotype and like printing-plates, the plate is carried by a stationary core 1, while the curved edges are trimmed by cutters 4 on a rotary s h a f t 3 carried by a rotating frame 2 journaled in bearings 6. The cutter-shaft 3 is driven by gearing from the shaft 5.
Patent GB-190913428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Charging and Discharging Gas Retorts, Coking Ovens, and the like.
Inventor: MASTERS EDWARD
IPC: C10B35/00
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1910-08-08
Abstract: 13,428. Masters, E., and Hansford, J. June 8. [Addition to 9057/09.] Charging and discharging gas retorts. In machines of the kind described in the parent Specification, the push plates are replaced by brushes. The brushes, which consist of plates c<1> with their lower parts split into tongues or fitted with wires, are hooked on to cross-bars d carried by the charger. The charger consists of a central jointed bar a or of jointed side plates.
Patent GB-190913985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Economising Apparatus for Steam Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: COLES ISAAC RICHARD
IPC: F23L7/00
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-08-15
Abstract: 13,985. Coles, I. R. June 15. Steam, supplying.-In a steam - boiler furnace, steam from the boiler is superheated in a coiled pipe 12, Fig. 2, covered with fire-resisting material and embedded in an iron block 13 arranged in an inclined position on the bridge wall 5, Fig. 1, or other suitable position, and passed through pipes 21, 19, embedded in the side and front furnace walls, from which pipes the steam escapes through specially-shaped nozzles 24 to the furnace. A pipe 20 connects the pipes 21 at the rear. The pipes and nozzles are embedded in a protective jacket of fire-clay or the like. Each nozzle comprises, as shown in Fig. 5, a screwed stem 23, to which is attached the discharge head 24 having an outwardly flaring and preferably rectangular distributing-mouth 28.
Patent GB-190917418-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Tower for Observation and other purposes.
Inventor: POWRIE WILLIAM LYALL
IPC: E04H12/18
Filed: 1909-07-27
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 17,418. Powrie, W. L. July 27. Rope railways.-A portable observation stand for use in artillery firing which can also be used as a towerfora ropewayconsists of three telescopic legs 5, hinged to a ring 1, from which is suspended a cage or platform having a rail 17 adjusted in height above the floor of the platform by telescopic tubes 13, 14, 15, the cage being raised by a wire rope 23 secured to the ring at 24 and passing over pulleys 25, 26, on the bottom of the cage and on the ring respectively, to a windlass 27. The floor 18 of the cage is supported on a cross-bar 11 attached to two side members 12, and is provided with trunnions 21 sliding in guides 22 in the side members 12 of the cage, so as to allow the floor to be turned up for convenience in packing.
Patent GB-190919589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire-arms.
Inventor: PIEPER NICOLAS
IPC: F41C7/11
Filed: 1909-08-26
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 19,589. Pieper, N. Aug. 26. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to automatic small-arms of the kind having a detachable breech-box into which the bolt is introduced from below, and consists in providing, at the side of the gun, a detachable housing for the recoil spring. This housing 8, Figs. 2 and 5, is secured between the bottom edge of the breech-box 4 and the top of the frame 1 by a dovetail joint. The bolt 5 is connected to the recoil spring 7 by a lug 37, Fig. 8, which projects through a slot in the side of the breech-box and engages a slide 39 acted upon by the recoil spring. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the slide 39, and with it the breech-bolt 5, can be pressed back by hand by means of a rod 41 projecting from the front of the housing 8. In another construction, no means is provided for retracting the breech-bolt by hand, and in this case an outside lever, mounted on the hammer spindle, is provided for cocking the hammer preparatory to firing the first shot. The top edges of the frame project inwards beyond the walls of the breech-box, as shown in Fig. 5, and form a support for the breech-bolt.
Patent GB-190920490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mills.
IPC: B21B23/00
Filed: 1909-09-07
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 20,490. Mannesmannr÷hren - Werke. March 30, [Convention date]. Rolling tubes.-In a planetary rolling-mill, the radially-movable rolls are guided positively during their contact with the work. The rolls are carried between disks a<2>, and are normally pressed inwards by springs. The guides d are connected to the housings at each side, and engage the axles on which the rolls are freely mounted ; renewable wearing-pieces may be provided on these guides, which may be adjusted to vary the pass by pivoted screw-operated levers h, Fig. 6, or other suitable means. In a modification, Fig. 9, the rolls are mounted on chains i running over frames a<2>, and are guided by guides d<2>. In a further modification, one of the sets of rolls is replaced by a platen or anvil.
Patent GB-190926825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Upholstered Chairs.
Inventor: BODE PHILIPP GUSTAV AUGUST
IPC: A47C7/35
Filed: 1909-11-18
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 26,825. Bode, P. G. A. Nov. 19, 1908, [Convention date]. Spring surfaces. - The back of an invalid, operating, or other upholstered chair is provided with a number of internal pads or disks, which yield so as to conform to the shape of the occupant's back and are then locked in position. The pads 1 are acted on by springs 5 and carried by notched stems 2 engaging guidesockets 10. Slotted strips 6 are normally held by springs 9 in locking engagement with the notched stems 2, and are released simultaneously by operating a pivoted handle 12 arranged as shown.
Patent GB-190929132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Operated Ammunition Hoists or Gun Loading Systems.
IPC: F41A9/50
Filed: 1909-12-13
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 29,132. Otis Elevator Co., [Otis Elevator Co.]. Dec. 13. Loading - appliances.-Relates to electrically - operated ammunition hoists, of the kind described in Specification 2985/08, in which the cage is held against an adjustable stop at the gun level by means of a reduced current through the lifting-motor, a n d consists in causing the holding current to be automatically reduced when the gun-elevating motor is actuated to lower the breech end of the gun. The lifting - motor M is operated through a switch K and an automatic controller C, and has its armature connected to the mains 13, 21, the circuit containing various controlling-magnets and resistances as described in the abovementioned Specification. The gun - elevating motor N is controlled by a switch R, and its armature circuit is connected with a magnet D, energized when the gun-breech is lowered, so as to separate contacts 15, break the circuit through a magnet E, and thereby insert a resistance 46 to reduce the holding-torque of the motor M.
Patent GB-190929882-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Smokeless Gunpowder.
Inventor: CLAESSEN CONRAD
IPC: C06B21/00
Filed: 1910-05-12
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 29,882. Claessen, C. May 12, 1910. Explosives.-Relates to explosives containing nitroglycerine, not more than 30 per cent, and nitrocelluse, with or without a non-volatile solvent. and prepared under the combined action of heat and pressure, such for example as described in Specification 10,376/89. According to the invention a mixture of the constituents in the form of a dry paste is subjected to high temperatures (about 80‹ C.) and high pressures (several hundred atmospheres), whereby a plastic mass is obtained that can be easily moulded into tubes and patterned strips in spite of the small proportion of nitroglycerine. One example contains 24 parts of nitroglycerine, 69 parts of nitrocellulose, and 7 parts of ethylmethyldiphenylurea.
Patent GB-191000170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cut Diamonds.
Inventor: GONARD JEAN LOUIS
IPC: A44C17/00
Filed: 1910-01-04
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 170. Gonard, J. L. Jan. 4. Gems.-A diamond or brilliant cut with symmetrical plane facets 21 has its central facet or table cut to form a concave surface such as a hyperboloid, or a number of concave surfaces 25, 26, 27, thereby increasing the reflecting surface of the table. The concave facet is formed by grinding with diamond dust, oil, and a suitable tool, and may be cut in any facet of any form of cut diamond.
Patent GB-191003212-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Transforming Rotary Motion into Reciprocating Motion.
Inventor: FEIDT JOSEPH
IPC: F16H19/04
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 3212. Feidt, J. Feb. 20, 1909, [Convention date]. Rack-and-pinion actuated pumps.-A device for converting rotary into reciprocating motion, shown applied to reciprocating pumps, comprises a driving-pinion 3 engaging the toothed inner edges of a frame 4 mounted upon a slide-block 5 connected to the member to be driven. The frame 4 is mounted between flanges 11 and is guided transversely to bring the upper and lower racks alternately into engagement by means of a rectangular slot 9 thereon engaging a fixed lug 8. In the arrangement shown, the slide-block 5 drives a crank-shaft 13, which drives the piston members of pumps 10 through a second pinion 3' and a similar rack frame 4<1> and slide-block 5<1> &c.
Patent GB-191009229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Revolving and Intermittently Operating Sprinklers or Sewage Distributors.
Inventor: DIXON CHARLES FOX
IPC: C02F3/04
Filed: 1910-04-16
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 9229. Dixon, C. F., and Blakeborough, R. A. April 16. Rotary apparatus.-A revolving sewage-distributor of the Barker's Mill type is fitted at its centre, or at the supply tank outlet, with a siphon which can b e removed b y hand. A chamber 1 with a gauge glass 18 mounted on rollers 9 or the l i k e contains a junction box 11 to which are connected arms 3 arranged diametrically in pairs to facilitate c l e a n - ing. Resting on the junction box is the long leg of the siphon consisting of a tube 12 with a projecting portion 12<2> forming a seal. The short leg consists of a pipe 15 in which is an adjustable plate 16 with legs 16<1> resting on projections 12<1> of the tube 12. By rotating the pipe 15, the legs 16' fall clear of the projections, and the apparatus can be stopped. The supply tank 7 contains a screening-basket 17 of such a size that, if desired, it may be interchanged with the siphon. In that case a plate 6<3> forms the seal of the siphon. In the event of several distributors being supplied by one tank, a sliding sleeve is fitted to the top of the tube 12 to adjust the time of starting.
Patent GB-191009561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Appliances.
Inventor: FARLEY JOHN
IPC: G09F11/34
Filed: 1910-04-20
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 9561. Farley, J. April 20. Plates and the like, travelling.-A series of advertising frames 5, Fig. 1, travelling to and from a display opening 3 on lower and upper banks of endless chains 4, 6, has a separate endless chain 11, adapted to lift each frame from the lower bank 4 to the upper bank 6 and then return it to its cyclic position on the first bank; and means whereby the frames, leaving either bank of chains have their succeeding frames prevented from pressing against them. A frame presses forward along a race 13 and on to the further end of a pawl 20, and tips it up so as to prevent the advance on to it of the succeeding frame. An abutment on the previously-lifted frame engages a lever 18, 18<a>, and pulls down a pawl 14, thereby allowing the frame, resting on the pawl 20 to slide over the pawl 14 into position for removal. Specification 18,496/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191011110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair-cutting and Shearing Machines.
IPC: B26B19/06
Filed: 1910-05-05
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 11,110. Kober & Co., W., [Firm of]. Oct. 4, 1909, [Convention date]. Horse clippers and the like.-Relates to clippers of the type in which the lower cutter is hinged to the body, and is adjustably held in working position against the action of a hingespring by means of a screw bolt. According to the present invention the lower cutting-blade c is removably carried by a flap d, which is hinged to the body, and the tightening-nut i effects the locking or release of the flap by engaging with a pin n in the bolt at the beginning or end of its travel. Such engagement causes the bolt to rotate within the rectangular limits set by the slot h, in which circumstance the walls of a slot e in the flap, through which the bolt passes, are engaged or freed by the cross-piece f. The interchangeable blade c engages with the flap only at points l in a straight line.
Patent GB-191018267-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Separately Delivering at Equal Pressures Two Different Gases or fluids Received under Unequal Pressures.
Inventor: IONIDES ALEXANDER CONSTANTINE
IPC: G05D16/18
Filed: 1910-08-02
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 18,267. Ionides, A. C., and Swan, J. B. Aug. 2. Pressure - regulating valves. - A device for delivering separately at equal pressures gases received under unequal pressures, and particularly adapted for use in the manufacture of a combustible gas by mixing air with an inflammable gas, comprises a pair of lift plug valves c<2>, d<2> mounted on a common spindle c<3> and arranged to control the air and gas inlets respectively. The gas inlet d' and outlet f are arranged inside the floating actuating-bell b secured to the valve spindle, and the air inlet c<1> and outlet e are arranged outside the bell but inside a closed chamber a<1>, which may be made gas-tight by a water seal or by ordinary packing. The weight of the valves and bell is counterbalanced by a weight b<1> acting through a pulley b<2>, arm b<3>, and flexible connexion b<4> . The outlet pipes are fitted with check valves to prevent pressure variations in the mixing - chamber from disturbing the working of the valvo.
Patent GB-191020279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Super-heaters.
Inventor: WOODROFFE FRANK KNIGHT
IPC: F22G3/00
Filed: 1911-02-28
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 20,279. Woodroffe, F. K., and Blythe, J. C. Feb. 28, 1911. Stopping pipes and tubes.-For stopping superheater tubes which are provided with a throttling-head i carried by a rod k passing through a screw-plug and adjustable by means of nuts l, there are passed along the rod a metal washer m, an asbestos ring or grummet o, and a plunger-headed sleeve p, the nuts l then being adjusted so as to compress the asbestos against the walls of the tube.
Patent GB-191026376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drop Fronted Drawers for Music Cabinets and other Articles.
Inventor: CASHEN EDWARD STEPHEN
IPC: A47C9/08
Filed: 1910-11-14
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 26,376. Cashen, E. S. Nov. 14. Drawers. - In dropfronted drawers for music cabinets and other articles, in which the drop front e is pivoted to the drawer itself so as to be adapted to fall by gravity, the drawer handle c is attached to the main portion of the drawer, instead of to the drop front. The handle may be arranged to be at the side of the drop-front, or above the centre thereof.
Patent GB-191026623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Cars for Motors Cycles.
Inventor: FULFORD WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B62K27/02
Filed: 1910-11-16
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 26,623. Fulford, W. H., [trading as Mills- Fulford], and Howe, E. Nov. 16. Frame construction.-In a tradesman's sidecar for cycles, the goods-containing receptacle is supported and surrounded by a tubular framework a, b, the lower supporting rail f of which is situated below the wheel axle to keep the centre of gravity of the container low. The front and rear members of the framework may be made detachable to admit the luggage.